Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Fitzroy
Sydney-Fitzroy, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Henry Chapman | Free Trade | |
1895 | John McElhone | Ind. Free Trade | |
1898 by | John Norton | Protectionist | |
1898 | Henry Chapman | Free Trade | |
1901 | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 605 | 35.9 | ||
Independent Liberal | Arthur McElhone | 381 | 22.6 | ||
Independent | Henry Chapman | 379 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Donald McKinnon | 121 | 7.2 | ||
Ind. Progressive | Harry Foran | 108 | 6.4 | ||
Independent | Denis O'Sullivan | 71 | 4.2 | ||
Independent | Callaghan Garvan | 20 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,685 | 99.1 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | 56.5 | −2.7 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 815 | 51.2 | ||
National Federal | John Norton | 767 | 48.2 | ||
Independent Federalist | Percy Tighe | 5 | 0.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Daniel Levy | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Independent Federalist | Patrick Dorahy | 1 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,591 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,606 | 59.2 | |||
Free Trade gain from Ind. Free Trade |
1898 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Norton (elected) | 617 | 43.2 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 546 | 38.2 | +2.2 | |
Protectionist | Patrick Dorahy | 166 | 11.6 | ||
Protectionist | William Martin | 99 | 6.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,428 | 99.3 | − | ||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.7 | − | ||
Turnout | 1,438 | 66.7 [a] | +3.4 | ||
Protectionist gain from Ind. Free Trade |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | John McElhone | 624 | 46.0 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 488 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | Henry Harris | 163 | 12.0 | ||
Labour | Henry Cato | 82 | 6.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,357 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,366 | 63.3 | |||
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 666 | 39.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John McElhone | 422 | 25.0 | ||
Labour | Henry Cato | 355 | 21.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Morrison | 180 | 10.7 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Henry Foran | 32 | 1.9 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Charles Forssberg | 17 | 1.0 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Robert Roberts | 13 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,685 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 23 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,708 | 77.2 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,157 at the 1895 election.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.